Friday, November 20 Mr P. Math group: Pg 84; 31,35,37,39,56,57 Due: Monday Play: Continue to work on memorizing your lines Reading: Finish Peter and the Star Catchers Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Monday other: Bring in 2 liter pop bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday, November 19 Mr P. Math group: Pg 84; 4,8,12,16,17,18,19 Mrs. B's group: finding area worksheet and tell 2 ways to find area Mrs. K's group: pg 91; 1-11 all and 19,21,22,31,34 Due: Tomorrow Play: Read through the script and review your lines. Reading: Finish Peter and the Star Catchers Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Monday PE/ Unit of Inquiry Complete your physics sports poster. due: Friday Spelling: review the words and complete the packet Due: Friday other: Bring in 2 liter pop bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday, November 18 Mr P. Math group: #1 clean out all of the chapter 1 material from your math folder. #2 page 78-79; 72, 73,74,75 Mrs. B's group: finish explore questions Mrs. K's group: pg 84; 1-26 even; 32 and 34 Due: Tomorrow Play: Read through the script and review your lines. Reading: Read chapters 51-65 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday PE/ Unit of Inquiry Work on your physics sports poster. due: Friday Spelling: review the words and complete section E and F Due: Friday Spanish bring in a rubber ball. Due Thursday other: Bring in 2 liter pop bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday, November 17 Mr P. Math group: Pg 77; 10,18,20,28,36,50,52,70,71 Mrs. B's group: finish finding averages and graph Mrs. K's group: Pg 80; 2-26 even, #'s 32 and 34. Be ready to hand in journals, and organized binders Due: Tomorrow Reading: Read chapters 51-65 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday U of I In your textbook, read pages 64-67. On a sheet of paper write 5 things that Mr. Ought to know about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion! due: Wednesday Spelling: review the words and complete section c and d. Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Do your Spanish worksheet Spanish Senora: Study words for quiz Thursday Due Tuesday other: Bring in 2 liter pop bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Monday, November 16 Mr P. Math group: 1. Put the work in your math folder into chronological order (if you were not successful at doing this for today). Also fill out the "Algebra 1, Chapter 1 Self-Assessment" Mrs. B's group: No Homework Mrs. K's group: Due: Tomorrow Reading: Read chapters 26-50 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Tuesday U of I In your textbook, read pages 64-67. On a sheet of paper write 5 things that Mr. Ought to know about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion! due: Wednesday U of I Complete the write up to the Newton's Second Law Lab. (if you did not finish it in class today) Due: Tomorrow morning Spelling: review the words and complete section a and b. Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Study all words for the test. Spanish Senora: Study words for quiz on Tuesday Due Tuesday other: Bring in 2 liter pop bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday, November 12 Mr P. Math group: Review for the test. Make your 3x5 index card. Use the answer sheet from the in-book test to help you review. Go through your journal and the textbook book. Mrs. K's group: Complete the worksheet Mrs. B: Pg 71; 1-29 odd, 33,37,38 Due: Tomorrow Reading: Read chapters 26-50 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Tuesdady U of I A Non-Paragraph reflection. You can draw a picture, write a poem, etc...Just do not write a paragraph, to show a situation where Newton's Second Law happens. Do not put more than 2o minutes into this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! due: Friday Spelling: review the words and complete the packet Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Estudio palabras y trabajos la carta de comida. Spanish Senora: Review all vocab Due Monday Portfolio: Identify and bring in 3 things for your portfolio. Make one of these something from Visual Art Wednesday, November 11 Mr P. Math group: 1. Review the work that you have done in math so far. As you do this, organize it chronologically in your math folder. 2. Do page 67; 1-12 all Mrs. K's group: Complete the worksheet Mrs. B: Study for the test Due Wednesday Reading: Read chapters 20-25 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday U of I In your physics textbook read pages 52-54. On a sheet of paper write down 4 important things that Mr. P should know about Newton's Second Law. due: Thursday Spelling: review the words and do section e and f Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Study for the quiz work on your menu Spanish Senora: Review all vocab Due Monday Portfolio: Identify and bring in 3 things for your portfolio. Make one of these something from Visual Art We will need 6 skateboards on Thursday (there will be no actual skating) Tuesday, November 10 Mr P. Math group: Page 63; 29-33 all Mrs. K's group: Complete the worksheet Mrs. B: Pg 92; all (1-3) Due Wednesday Reading: Read chapters 20-25 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday U of I In your physics textbook read pages 52-54. On a sheet of paper write down 4 important things that Mr. P should know about Newton's Second Law. due: Thursday Spelling: review the words and do section c and d Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Study for the quiz Spanish Senora: Review all vocab Due Monday Portfolio: Identify and bring in 3 things for your portfolio. Make one of these something from Visual Art. Permission Slip for GYP: Bring it back to school We will need 6 skateboards on Thursday (there will be no actual skating) Monday, November 9 Mr P. Math group: complete your altitude/temperature scatter plot. Also do page 62; 1-12 all. Mrs. K's group: Go to phschool.com the web code is: ade-0153 Mrs. B: Page 84; 1-6 all Due Tuesday Reading: Read chapters 5-19 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Tuesday U of I In your physics textbook read pages 58-61. On a sheet of paper write down 5 important things that you learned about gravity. due: tomorrow Spelling: review the words and do section a and b Due: Friday Spanish Dona: Study for the quiz Spanish Senora: Review all vocab Due Monday Portfolio: Identify and bring in 3 things for your portfolio. Make one of these something from Visual Art. Permission Slip for GYP: Bring it back to school Return your school folder on Monday!!! Friday, November 6 Mr P. Math group: Page 63; 16,17,18,19 Mrs. K's group: study for the test. Due Monday Reading: Read chapters 5-19 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Tuesday Spanish Dona: Study for the quiz Spanish Senora: Review all vocab Due Monday Return your school folder on Monday!!! Thursday, November 5 Math Mr. P: Complete the solving equations with parenthesis worksheet Mrs B: No homework tonight. You will complete it in class tomorrow Mrs. K: Section review: pg 59; 1-6 all; 7-35 odd Due tomorrow Spelling: Review the words Due Friday Reading: Read chapters 5-19 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Tuesday Portfolio: Bring in 3 hard copies of work that you would like to submit for your portfolio. Due at 8:30 tomorrow U of I: Read the packet, Chapter 2, Energy, Forces, and Work. Read sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. On the back write 3 important things you should know about gravity. Due: Tomorrow Señora's Spanish A: Please complete any missing work and turn in by Monday. Review and practice for next Thursday's exam. You may want to pay special attention to numbers, the alphabet, days/dates. This link is helpful for alphabet practice: http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/alphabet/ Wednesday, November 4 Math Mr. P: Page 50-51; 36,39,48,65,70, 81,83 Mrs B: Wholes and Parts worksheet Mrs. K: Due tomorrow Spelling: Complete sections e and f. Review the words Due Friday Friction Lab: Complete the write up to your friction lab. The general questions you should address are: What is friction? What are factors that influence friction? What are types of friction?. When we assess this, we will look to see that you are synthesizing your data and observations from the lab, with last night's reading assignments, with our discussion from today. A fluent writer can do this with a long paragraph (5-10ish sentences) that covers all of these ideas. A developing writer can do this with a numbered list and write a specific answer to each question. Due tomorrow Reading Part 2: Read chapters 1,2,3, and 4 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday Tuesday, November 3 Math Mr. P: Redo last night's homework if you did not get it all correct. Also do Page 41-42; problems 34,38,42, 54,56 Mrs B: None Mrs. K: page 49 all problems Due tomorrow Portfolio: Bring in 3 things for your portfolio. Including 1 piece of math work. School Folder: If you did not return your school folder on Monday, please bring it back tomorrow. Spelling: Complete sections c and d. Review the words Due Friday Reading: In your physics textbook read pages 56-57. On a sheet of paper write down 4 important things you should know about friction Due Tomorrow Reading Part 2: Read chapters 1,2,3, and 4 in Peter and the Starcatchers. Fill out a lit ticket. Due: Thursday Monday, November 2 Math Mr. P: Page 41-42; problems37,39,41,43,45,51,53,55,57 Mrs B: page 63 even Mrs. K: End of unit assessment quiz 1 and 2 Due tomorrow Spelling: Complete sections a and b. Review the words Due Friday Newton's First Law Lab: Complete the write up and conclusion. If you did not finish it today. Due Tomorrow Reading: SQ3R in phyisics textbook, pages 34-38. 5th grade students answer questions 1-3 on page 28 6th grade students answer questions 1-4 on page 38 Due Tomorrow Friday, October 30 No Homework! Enjoy you Halloween Weekend. Be safe, kind, and respectful! Tuesday, October 27 Math: Complete the line graph/ rate worksheet (it is posted as a file at the bottom of this page, if you were not in class to get it this afternoon) Due: tomorrow U of I: In your textbook, use the SQ3R technique to read pages 15-25.
Spelling: Complete sections b and c in the packet. Review the words. Packet due: Friday Pretest: tomorrow Test: Friday Monday, October 26 U of I Give your parents the tour of your unit binder. Please fill out the rubric for yourself. Due: Tuesday Math: Complete the "Distance Formula" worksheet Due: tomorrow U of I: Finish the write up for the "Constant Motion" lab Due: Tomorrow Spanish: Study for the quiz U of I: Do something with the vocabulary that we developed today. I expect that you will use all of it, and that you will demonstrate your new understandings of these words. Y0u can write a poem, draw a picture, write a paragraph, write a song, write a wrap song, etc... Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this. You should have taken notes on this vocab, but it is also posted in the class notes section of the website. Due: Tomorrow Friday, October 23 Visual Arts: Complete your Original Works project. Due: Monday Thursday, October 22 Mr. Pausback's group: Page 28; 39, 40 also page 57; 28,30,46 Mrs. Kieschnick's group: Finish what you started Mrs. Bockhop's group: Complete the worksheet All due tomorrow Spelling Complete the packet, and review the words Spelling test: Friday Spelling packet due Friday Unit of Inquiry: Complete the write up for the Constant Motion Lab, through Conclusion question #1. Due: Tomorrow Unit of Inquiry #2: Read the packet that Mr. P. gave you at the end of the day. Then highlight the 5 most important ideas. Due: Tomorrow Spanish: Review your vocab words and do make up work. Wednesday, October 21 Mr. Pausback's group: Page 57; 19,21,23 Mrs. Kieschnick's group: 1-8; 1-9 Mrs. Bockhop's group: In your journal define base, exponent, and powerPage 60; 1-6 all All due tomorrow Spelling Complete sections d. Review the words so that you get 100% on the spelling pretest on Wednesday. Spelling test: Friday Spelling packet due Friday Unit of Inquiry: (20 minutes) Complete an open-ended task with the new physics vocabulary (posted on the classnotes page of our website). you could: Write a poem using the terms, draw a picture, draw a diagram, write a very short story (<1 page), write a paragraph. You need to use all of the terms!!!!!!! Due: Tomorrow Tuesday, October 20 Mr. Pausback's group: Page 56; 2,4,6,8 18 Mrs. Kieschnick's group: Pg 47; 2-34 even Mrs. Bockhop's group: Page 58; in math book. 1-7 and page 59; 12-20 All due tomorrow Spelling Complete sections c and d. Review the words so that you get 100% on the spelling pretest on Wednesday. Spelling Pretest: Wednesday Spelling test: Friday Spelling packet due Friday Unit of Inquiry: Think about: What is motion? How can you tell if something is in motion? Put your thoughts into a paragraph. Due: Tomorrow Other: Complete your attitude poster if you did not finish it today. Due: Tomorrow Monday, October 19 Math Mr. Pausback's group: Page 50; 15,17,19,31,32,43,45 Mrs. Kieschnick's group: Section 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 Mrs. Bockhop's group: Page 54 in math book- all Mr. Peterson's group: All final graphs and analysis is due on Tuesday. Students are required to not only bring in all of their final graphs but make sure that they are analyzing the data and writing a paragraph interpreting the findings. The final day for this is tomorrow! All due tomorrow Spelling Complete sections a and b. Review the words so that you get 100% on the spelling pretest on Wednesday. Spelling Pretest: Wednesday Spelling test: Friday Spelling packet due Friday Other: Complete your attitude poster if you did not finish it today. Due: Tomorrow Thursday, October 15 There is no assigned homework. Please relax and have a wonderful Fall Break! Wednesday, October 14 Mr. Peterson's group: Multiplying Fractions Review Mr. Pausback's group: Page 50; 15,17,19, and 22. Solve these any way you can, choose at least one to draw out what it would look like with manipulatives. Mrs. Bockhop's group: Complete the math worksheet Mrs. Kieshnick's group: Packet: complete sections 1-1 through 1-3 and 1-3 Due: Tomorrow Unit of Inquiry: 1. Organize your unit binder "Due" Thursday 2. Work on your Final Thang! Due: Thursday We will check to see tomorrow that you have 3 or more slides complete. Spanish: Senora: Two handouts, jcd-0099 After Study all vocab for Friday (complete this in study hall) Dona: Handout and jcd-0306 (Complete this in study hall) Fieldtrip: Be prepared for our field trip tomorrow!!!!!!! Tuesday, October 13 Math Mr. Peterson's group: Multiplying Fractions Review Mr. Pausback's group: Page 34; 6,8,34,38 and Page 41; 10,11,12 Mrs. Bockhop's group: Complete the math worksheet Mrs. Kieshnick's group: Page 42; 1-8 all Due: Tomorrow Unit of Inquiry: 1. Organize your unit binder "Due" Thursday 2. Work on your Final Thang! Due: Thursday We will check to see tomorrow that you have 3 or more slides complete. Spanish: Senora: Two handouts, jcd-0099 After Study all vocab for Friday (complete this in study hall) Dona: Handout and jcd-0306 (Complete this in study hall) Fieldtrip: Get your parents to fill out the permission slip and return it to school tomorrow Monday, October 12 Math: Complete the write up to the math lab. Due: Tomorrow Unit of Inquiry: 1. Organize your unit binder "Due" Thursday 2. Work on your final thang Due: Thursday Reading (15 minutes/night) Finish the book. Fill out a lit. ticket. Due: Tuesday Spanish: Senora: Study days of the week and months for tomorrow. Dona: Complete the worksheet Fieldtrip: Get your parents to fill out the permission slip and return it to school tomorrow Other: Tomorrow is class picture day. Dress nicely and brush your teeth and hair! (We know that you actually do this everyday, still do an extra special job of doing this tomorrow morning!!!) Friday, October 9 Unit of Inquiry: Use the rubric you received in class to revise your hero's journey short story. I have posted the file of the rubric at the bottom of this page, along with the original expectation sheet. The final copy is due on Monday Morning by 8:30 Reading (15 minutes/night) Finish the book. Fill out a lit. ticket. Due: Tuesday Thursday, October 8 Unit of Inquiry: (30 minutes) Use the rubric you received in class to revise your hero's journey short story. I have posted the file of the rubric at the bottom of this page, along with the original expectation sheet. The final copy is due on Monday Morning Unit of Inquiry: Work on step 3 of your personal iceberg VUE map. Due at the end of Unit of Inquiry time tomorrow. Reading (15 minutes/night) Finish the book. Fill out a lit. ticket. Due: Tuesday Spelling: (10 minutes) Review the words, Complete the packet Packet is due Friday and the spelling pre-test is Wednesday PA (This should not take more than 5 minutes) Read your new quote out loud 3 times in a row 3 different times tonight Portfolio: Identify and bring in 1 item to put into your portfolio. Due: Tomorrow Wednesday, October 7 Unit of Inquiry: (30 minutes) Use the rubric you received in class to revise your hero's journey short story. I have posted the file of the rubric at the bottom of this page, as well as the original expectation sheet. Hard copy of your rough draft due: Wednesday, October 7 before 8:30 in the morning Unit of Inquiry: We had a fabulous discussion about what make someone a hero. Please put your big new understanding into a paragraph. You may wish to address any one of the following questions: Does a true hero have to intentfully choose to take action or do a heroic deed? or Can animals be heroes? Or What is your criteria for someone or something being a hero? You can choose to write this as a direct rebuttal to Mr. P's thesis that a hero must intentionally make the choice to take action. Due Tomorrow. Reading (15 minutes/night) Read the introduction and chapters 4 and 5 in the Hero's Trail. Fill out a lit ticket Due: Thursday Spelling: (10 minutes) Review the words, Complete the packet Packet is due Friday and the spelling pre-test is Wednesday PA (This should not take more than 5 minutes) Read your new quote out loud 3 times in a row 3 different times tonight Spanish Extra Credit: choose a Hispanic hero, write 1 paragraph to 1 page, include: their name, why they are a hero, what are their attributes. Due Thursday Tuesday, October 6 Unit of Inquiry: (30-40 minutes) Complete the rough draft of your hero's journey short story Hard copy of your rough draft due: Wednesday, October 7 before 8:30 in the morning Unit of Inquiry (?????) Add to your personal Iceberg VUE map. Tomorrow you should have you (the iceberg) in the middle. Your own personal attributes radiating out from it, and 3-5 personal heroes and their attribute around the outside of the map. Wednesday we will continue to add to it starting from this point. There is technically nothing due, but you should have either a hard copy of it to work on, or a digital copy in your computer to work on. Reading (15 minutes/night) Read the introduction and chapters 4 and 5 in the Hero's Trail. Fill out a lit ticket Due: Thursday Spelling: (10 minutes) Review the words, Complete activity A and B Packet is due Friday and the spelling pre-test is Wednesday PA (This should not take more than 5 minutes) Read your new quote out loud 3 times in a row 3 different times tonight Spanish Senora's group: for studyhall: 3 handouts in basket- due Thursday. Also review new words for Thursday quiz, if there is time go online, to the Spanish website: jcd-0004 Dona: jcd 0301, 0303, 0304 Extra Credit: choose a Hispanic hero, write 1 paragraph to 1 page, include: their name, why they are a hero, what are their attributes. Due Thursday Monday, October 4 Unit of Inquiry: (30-40 minutes) Complete the rough draft of your hero's journey short story Rough draft due: Wednesday, October 7 Unit of Inquiry (?????) Add to your personal Iceberg VUE map. Tomorrow you should have you (the iceberg) in the middle. Your own personal attributes radiating out from it, and 3-5 personal heroes and their attribute around the outside of the map. Wednesday we will continue to add to it starting from this point. There is technically nothing due, but you should have either a hard copy of it to work on, or a digital copy in your computer to work on. Reading (15 minutes/night) Read the introduction and chapters 1, 2. and 3 in the Hero's Trail. Fill out a lit ticket Due: Tuesday Spelling: (10 minutes) Review the words, Complete activity A and B Packet is due Friday and the spelling pre-test is Wednesday PA (This should not take more than 5 minutes) Read your new quote out loud 3 times in a row 3 different times tonight Spanish Senora's group: Finish the worksheet that was suppose to be completed in study hall yesterday. Due tomorrow Friday, October 2 Unit of Inquiry: (45 minutes) Work on the rough draft of your hero's journey short story Rough draft due: Wednesday, October 7 Reading (15 minutes/night) Read the introduction and chapters 1, 2. and 3 in the Hero's Trail. Fill out a lit ticket Due: Tuesday Thursday, October 1 Math: (5 minutes) Formulate at least 2 questions that you could use as the basis for a survey on how students at Mackintosh think about heroes. (eg: Do students in middle school have heroes? or do students have more heroes as they get older? or Does a person's definition of heroes become more sophisticated as they get older? Due Tomorrow Morning Unit of Inquiry: (20 minutes) Work on the rough draft of your hero's journey short story Rough draft due: Wednesday, October 7 Unit of Inquiry: (15 minutes) Write your final thoughts on Charlotte Doyle. You might consider addressing the following questions: is Charlotte a hero? How has Charlotte changed in her journey? At the end is Charlotte a master of 2 worlds? (Note: you do not have to answer all of these questions). This should be about a paragraph in length, and should be completed on a sheet of paper. Due tomorrow Spelling: (10 minutes) Review the words, Complete the packet Packet is due Friday and the spelling test is Friday. Reading (15 minutes/night) Read the introduction and chapters 1, 2. and 3 in the Hero's Trail. Fill out a lit ticket Due: Tuesday PA (This should not take more than 5 minutes) Read your new quote out loud 3 times in a row 3 different times tonight Spanish Senora's group: Finish the worksheet that was suppose to be completed in study hall yesterday. Due tomorrow Portfolio: (This should not really take much time) Old 6th grade students: locate and bring in 3 items to submit for your portfolio. 5th grade students and new 6th grade students: Locate and bring in 1 item for your portfolio. |
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